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bushwhack

/boosh-hwak, -wak/US // ˈbʊʃˌʰwæk, -ˌwæk //UK // (ˈbʊʃˌwæk) //

灌木丛,冲锋陷阵,灌木丛生,灌木丛中

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v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make one's way through woods by cutting at undergrowth, branches, etc.
    • : to travel through woods.
    • : to pull a boat upstream from on board by grasping bushes, rocks, etc., on the shore.
    • : to fight as a bushwhacker or guerrilla in the bush.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to fight as a bushwhacker; ambush.
    • : to defeat, especially by surprise or in an underhanded way: They bushwhacked our high school team when they used college players.

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Examples

  • I spent golden days here in my youth, bushwhacking through thick mountain forest with Grandpa, hooking fish, gathering huckleberries, and splitting firewood with an ax as tall as my skinny 12-year-old frame.

  • Be sure to book a plane with tires, rather than floats, or you might find yourself bushwhacking to get to the dunes.

  • He was also the Newt who had tried to bushwhack Chuck on the trail.

  • All your friends that helped bushwhack me will itch to get that five hundred, Sebastian.

  • Figured that in my stocking feet I could creep up on the two fellows who were trying to bushwhack you.

  • Look out for a big bushwhack, and be prepared to shoot at half a second's notice.